How to change text color of simple list item

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I have an ListActivity and i am displaying one list with   setListAdapter new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  getApplicationContext                    android R layout simple list item single choice  mStringList      By default text color of list items is white  I want to change text color of text views in the list to black    How should i do it

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The simplest way to do this without needing to create anything extra would be to just modify the simple list TextView   ArrayAdapter lt String gt  adapter   new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  this                  android R layout simple list item 1  android R id text1  strings                 Override             public View getView int position  View convertView  ViewGroup parent                    TextView textView    TextView  super getView position  convertView  parent                   textView setTextColor  YourColorHere                    return textView

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You just have override the getView method of ArrayAdapter  ArrayAdapter lt String gt  adapter   new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  getApplicationContext             android R layout simple list item 1  mStringList         Override     public View getView int position  View convertView  ViewGroup parent            View view   super getView position  convertView  parent           TextView text    TextView  view findViewById android R id text1           text setTextColor Color BLACK           return view

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If you are creating a class that extends an Adapter  you can use parent variable to obtain the context   public class MyAdapter extends ArrayAdapter lt String gt    private Context context      Override    public View getView int position  View convertView  ViewGroup parent           context   parent getContext           context getResources   getColor R color red          return convertView           You can do the same with RecyclerView Adapter  but instead of getview   you will use onCreateViewHolder

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If you want to keep all the style but change few details  you can use the default style defined on the Android and change what you want   lt TextView xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android id   android id text1      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  wrap content      android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceListItemSmall      android gravity  center vertical      android textColor   android color background light      android paddingStart   android attr listPreferredItemPaddingStart      android paddingEnd   android attr listPreferredItemPaddingEnd      android background   android attr activatedBackgroundIndicator      android minHeight   android attr listPreferredItemHeightSmall    gt    Then set the adapter using   setListAdapter new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  getApplicationContext                R layout list item custom  mStringList      Source  https   android googlesource com platform frameworks base   refs heads master core res res layout simple list item activated 1 xml

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you can use setTextColor int  method or add style to change text color    lt style name  ReviewScreenKbbViewMoreStyle  gt   lt item name  android textColor  gt  2F2E86 lt  item gt   lt item name  android textStyle  gt bold lt  item gt   lt item name  android textSize  gt 10dip lt  item gt

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Try this code in stead of android r layout simple list item single choice create your own layout    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt CheckedTextView xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  wrap content      android checkMark   android attr listChoiceIndicatorSingle      android gravity  center vertical      android padding  5dip      android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceMedium      android textColor   android color black      android textStyle  bold  gt   lt  CheckedTextView gt

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I realize this question is a bit old but here s a really simple solution that was missing  You don t need to create a custom ListView or even a custom layout   Just create an anonymous subclass of ArrayAdapter and override getView    Let super getView   handle all the heavy lifting  Since simple list item 1 is just a text view you can customize it  e g  set textColor  and then return it   Here s an example from one of my apps  I m displaying a list of recent locations and I want all occurrences of  Current Location  to be blue and the rest white   ListView listView    ListView  this findViewById R id listView   listView setAdapter new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  this  android R layout simple list item 1  MobileMuni getBookmarkStore   getRecentLocations           Override     public View getView int position  View convertView  ViewGroup parent            TextView textView    TextView  super getView position  convertView  parent            String currentLocation   RouteFinderBookmarksActivity this getResources   getString R string Current Location           int textColor   textView getText   toString   equals currentLocation    R color holo blue   R color text color btn holo dark          textView setTextColor RouteFinderBookmarksActivity this getResources   getColor textColor             return textView

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I m also faced this situation  You can handle above method  but simple if you pass  simple dropdown item 1line as resource  It will be black color text by default   This is my code I have achieved in kind of situation   ArrayAdapter lt String gt  arrAdapter    new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  context android R layout simple dropdown item 1line countryList           listView setAdapter arrAdapter     Your code below   setListAdapter new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  getApplicationContext                    android R layout simple dropdown item 1line  mStringList      Actually android R layout simple dropdown item 1line is used for dropdown  I urge u to see this layout content once  It just simple textview  thats all  It s property will not affect your task  I checked It works fine

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try this code      lt RelativeLayout           xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android            android layout width  fill parent            android layout height  fill parent            android background   ffff00  gt         lt ListView              android id    id android list               android layout marginTop  2px               android layout marginLeft  2px               android layout marginRight  2px              android layout width  fill parent               android layout height  wrap content               android layout weight  1               android background   drawable shape 1               android listSelector   drawable shape 3               android textColor   ffff00               android layout marginBottom  44px    gt    lt  RelativeLayout gt

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In simple word  you can t do it through simple setListAdapter    you must used custom listview for freely changes in text color or in any other views  for Custom Listview you can go with this link

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Another simplest way is to create a layout file containing the textview you want with textSize  textStyle  color etc preferred by you and then use it with the ArrayAdapter   e g  mytextview xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt TextView xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android id    id tv      android textColor   color font content      android padding  5sp      android layout width  fill parent      android background   drawable rectgrad      android singleLine  true      android gravity  center      android layout height  fill parent   gt    and then use it with your ArrayAdapter as usual like  ListView lst   new ListView context   String   arr     Item 1   Item 2    ArrayAdapter lt String gt  ad   new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  context R layout mytextview arr   lst setAdapter ad     This way you won t need to create a custom adapter for it

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Create an xml file in res values and copy the below code    lt style name  BlackText  gt   lt item name  android textColor  gt  000000 lt  item gt   lt  style gt    and the specify the style in activity in Manifest like below   android theme   style BlackText

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